The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-08-24
THE COLUMBUS SOUTHERN RIP.
An Interview With G Gunby JOr-
dan-He Saws If the Home People
Believe In It. as He Does, 1t Will
Be Built.

From the Columbus Enquirer>Su~.
Hearing that Mr.. G Gunby
Jordan had returned to the city, a
reporter of this paper found him
Yesterday busy in his office. Max
ing an appointment for the after
noon an Enquirer Sun representa-
tive was promptly on time and
had tine following interview.
"Havc you read the paragraph
in the Enquirer-Sun about the
Columbus Soutt<A~ralIroad.
"Yes. I read it carefully and re-
member it, ''Have you any
thing to say about that road, Mr..
JOrdan?"
Nothing specially. do not
believe it good policy to build rail-
roads on paper exclusively, and
have waited to perfect my arrange
ments before giving you any vol
untsry date on the subject"
els the enterprise hanging fire.
or are you waiting for any special
time to begin work."
''We are doing more or less
work on this projected line all the
time. There are several rights-of-
way yet Enclosed. 1t is necessary
to get them before | can make the
contracts. We have lately organ
lied the company and | do somes
thing to perfect this project every
day"
evil you defer building the
road until the rights of way are
settled"
les. ! am doing all | can TO
get this part of the matter arrang-
ed. There are very few Of them
TO obtain, and most of these in
Muscogee and Terrell countless
''Supposing these fixed satisfac-
torily, do you think your monied
arrangements can De easily conf
pleted and that the work will go
On2"
"Yes, l think SO, certainly, or
else, | would quit doing a hot of
free work for the proposed road.
] recognize the fact, however, that
our own people should do their
part fully if we are too properly
influence capitalists to help us.
"Are you doing anything in
that line-I mean are you CORES
Ponding with such capitalists"
''No; not right now. Men of
money in the North and East take
life more nationally than you and
] are compelled TO. They rest
these warm days, and they gcner-
ally go to Newport, Saratoga,
Long Branch, Europe, or some
where away from their hot homes
in the city to take this rest"
ain he spring, a few months
Fince, we understood that you had
about completed your monied
plans; was that true?"
"Yes, practically; but the subs
scFiptiOns demanded of the differ
ent counties were very slow COM
ing in. This was specially true of
Dougherty. Webster and Stewart
counti"s. Some of the parties who
had the money in bank there to
aid me got tired of waiting, and
having plenty of opportunities to
use it. put it elsewhere. F"
"What can we say as to the
probability of early work on the
Southern"
"You can say the Georgia Mid.
land will be complete to Melon.
ough, on the East Tennessee road
IN ten days; that | shall then give
nay attention to the Southern line.
and that if the home people be-
Move in it as | do it will be COM
structed certain"
"When will it likely be complet-
edf"
"That depends upon when we
begin work. The money market
is not in good condition to-day to
market a new enterprise, but il
may be differnt at any time. |
think the road can be built easily
"a Twelve months, and hope ia
see the crop of 1888 brought to
Columbus over it"
Thanking Mr.. Jordan, the re-
porter gives our readers the bene.
At Of the tall.